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Ireland: Gaza Is in the Realm of Irresponsibility
BGNES
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August 24, 2025
Irish President Michael D. Higgins described the situation in Gaza as part of the “realm of irresponsibility,” Anadolu Agency reported. In an interview with RTÉ News, he called what is happening a “tragic period” in the history of the world. “We...
Minister for Health to meet surgeons over scoliosis waiting lists and ‘cultural problem’ at CHI
The Irish Times
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Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill will meet Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) surgeons this week to review how scoliosis waiting lists are managed, she told reporters on Sunday. The Fine Gael Minister said a “cultural problem” exists at...
Irish rap group Kneecap condemns Israel’s war on Gaza at Paris show
Middle East Eye
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August 24, 2025
Irish rap trio Kneecap used their set at France’s Rock en Seine festival to again condemn Israel’s ongoing genocide on Gaza, ignoring pressure from French officials and pro-Israel lobby groups to drop what they claimed was political messaging. The...
Government must restore Irish sovereignty by removing triple lock on peacekeepers, says health minister
Irish Examiner
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August 24, 2025
The Government “must” remove the triple lock as part of a bid to restore sovereign decision making, the health minister has said. Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said Ireland took away its own sovereignty by introducing the triple lock mechanism in...
Irish unity getting closer ‘day by day’, Mary Lou McDonald tells hunger strike commemoration
The Irish Times
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Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has told the annual Hunger Strike Commemoration in Belfast that Irish unity is getting closer. Addressing a gathering at Milltown Cemetery, she said momentum for unification is growing. She also said that whoever...
Irish president renews call for UN military intervention in Gaza
Al Mayadeen
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August 24, 2025
Michael Higgins has renewed his call for international military intervention in Gaza to ensure the transfer of humanitarian aid to the residents of the Strip. Irish President Michael Higgins has once again called for international military...
Irish player tracker: Troy Parrott’s record streak and Evan Ferguson debut fuel hopes for World Cup qualifiers
The Irish Times
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With the Ireland squad set to be announced on Tuesday for the opening World Cup qualifiers against Hungary and Armenia, there are plenty of reasons for encouragement heading into the games. Across Europe, several Irish players delivered standout...
Dublin Smackdown: How WWE suplexed thousands of eager Irish kids and even more grown men
The Irish Times
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Wildly over-the-top performances, outrageous shape throwing, grandiose speeches, ridiculous statements, calculated confusion, dodgy outfits, branded merchandise, fighting and feuding and rows breaking out all over the place. But enough about the...
An ordinary Dublin boyhood seen through an extraordinary eye
The Irish Post
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August 24, 2025
In An Undistinguished Boy Paul Clancy elevates the small dramas of childhood against a backdrop of 20th-century upheaval. MAL ROGERS reports SOME memoirs are about presidents, popes, prize-winning poets. Sportspeople, actors, pop stars figure high...
The next president must advance Irish unity, says Mary Lou McDonald
The Journal
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August 24, 2025
SINN FÉIN LEADER Mary Lou McDonald said that the next president of Ireland must back and advance the reunification of Ireland. McDonald addressed crowds gathered in Belfast today to commemorate the ten Irishmen who died while on hunger strike in...
Michael Collins’ legacy honoured by sending Irish troops on peacekeeping missions, says Carroll MacNeill
The Irish Times
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Ireland must remove its so-called triple lock mechanism so it can send Irish troops on UN peacekeeping missions and express its sovereignty in a manner envisaged by Michael Collins. The comments were made by Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll...
Ratings: Higgins and Hogan star as Ireland dominate
RTE Ireland
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August 24, 2025
Ireland made the perfect start to their Women's Rugby World Cup campaign, with a 42-14 win against Japan getting the ball rolling. Scott Bemand's side scored six tries in total, dominating from the first whistle, and aside from a slow start to the...
Tamale Central by-election: 12 NDC Parliamentary hopefuls pick forms
CNR Citi Newsroom
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August 24, 2025
Twelve (12) individuals are expected to file nominations to contest the Tamale Central by-election primary on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), following the opening of nominations ahead of the September 2025 by-election. This...
Route to Irish unity is happening ‘inch by inch’ – Mary Lou McDonald
Kilkenny People
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August 24, 2025
The leader of Sinn Fein has stated that the route to Irish unity is getting there “inch by inch”, as she urged people to stop “being bystanders”. Mary Lou McDonald claimed that the day the public will have a say on a united Ireland “is coming”....
More gardaí for Mullingar, Minister Burke confirms
Westmeath Examiner
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Published: Sun 24 Aug 2025, 5:00 PM Westmeath has been allocated two new gardaí this year, both of whom will be stationed in Mullingar, according to Enterprise Minister Peter Burke. Their arrival comes as part of the national attestation of 201...
National News Route to Irish unity is happening ‘inch by inch’ – Mary Lou McDonald She made the comments as she addressed the National Hunger Strike Commemoration in Belfast on Sunday. 48 minutes ago
Meath Chronicle
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By Cate McCurry, PA The leader of Sinn Féin has stated that the route to Irish unity is getting there “inch by inch”, as she urged people to stop “being bystanders”. Mary Lou McDonald claimed that the day the public will have a say on a united...
Route to Irish unity is happening ‘inch by inch’ says Sinn Fein's Mary Lou McDonald
Belfast Live
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August 24, 2025
Cate McCurry Press Association 18:14, 24 Aug 2025 The leader of Sinn Fein has stated that the route to Irish unity is getting there “inch by inch”, as she urged people to stop “being bystanders”. Mary Lou McDonald claimed that the day the public...
‘There’s no time, we will die’: Palestinian mother in Ireland fears for son and husband in famine-hit Gaza
Irish Independent
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Woman pleads for help to get relatives to safety after medical evacuation with youngest son Ibtisam has asked the Government to help evacuate her family from Gaza. Photo: Mark Condren Yesterday at 23:30 A Palestinian mother now in Ireland whose...
Years of bullying ‘drove Presbyterian ministers to the brink of suicide’
Belfast Telegraph
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August 24, 2025
Former Alliance Party leader slams church’s use of non-disclosure agreements in latest episode of Bel Tel podcast The headquarters of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland Today at 08:00 A former Alliance leader who initiated an investigation into...
Irish president calls for military interference to stop genocide in Gaza
Yemen News Agency SABA
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Dublin - Saba: Irish President Michael Higgins on Saturday reiterated his call for the United Nations to intervene militarily to stop the genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and ensure the delivery of urgent humanitarian aid to the...